#686E52#686E52

#686E52 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.043 H 117.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#686E52
RGB	rgb(104, 110, 82)
HSL	hsl(73, 15%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(73, 25%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 25.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, -7.57, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 16.71, 116.94°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% -0.0198 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.043 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8077, 14.7042, 10.1445)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#686E52 #58526E

analogous

#6E6652 #686E52 #5A6E52

triadic

#686E52 #52686E #6E5268

tetradic

#686E52 #526E66 #58526E #6E525A

square

#686E52 #526E66 #58526E #6E525A

split-complementary

#686E52 #525A6E #66526E

monochromatic

#26281E #474B38 #686E52 #89916C #A5AB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#686E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#686E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #686E52

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##686E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##686E52	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B6B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #686e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 110, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.043 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#939782',
    500: '#686e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #686e52;
$custom-light: #939782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#686e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 14.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52511,
    "c": 0.04264,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#686E52

secondary

#878299

accent

#70B780

background

#F9F9F8

surface

#F1F2EF

border

#CBCCCA

text

#0D0D0A

muted

#7E7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #686E52

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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